LAFAYETTE, La.  Four members of the LSU men's tennis team are set to open up the 2017 fall schedule at the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic September 22-24 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

BATON ROUGE  For the third consecutive year, the LSU men's tennis team has a pair ranked in the preseason doubles poll as tandem Gabor Csonka and Julian Saborio enter the year at No. 21, the ITA announced Tuesday.

NATCHITOCHES  Longtime 18-year Major League Baseball pitcher Russ Springer and nationally-known championship tennis coach at both LSU and UL Lafayette, Jerry Simmons, are the two with LSU ties that were announced Wednesday as part of the induction class for the 2018 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

PARIS  Former Tiger Michael Venus became the first Grand Slam winner in LSU tennis history as he and partner Ryan Harrison defeated Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young in three sets, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, to win the French Open Doubles title Saturday evening on the Philippe-Chatrier Court at the Stade Roland Garros.

PARIS  Former Tiger Michael Venus and partner Ryan Harrison advanced to the French Open Doubles Final after recording a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against Colombia pair Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah Friday at the Stade Roland Garros.